Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 117-123 , August 2007

Occupational stress in the ED: What matters to nurses?

  • Gail M. Ross-Adjie, RN, CCU Cert., BN, MClinNurs. (Emergency)

      Affiliations

    • St John of God Hospital, 100 Murdoch Drive, Murdoch, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 8 9336 1276; fax: +61 8 9336 1278.
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  • Gavin Leslie, RN, ICU Cert, BAppSc Post Grad. Dip. (Clin Nurs), PhD, FRCNA

      Affiliations

    • Edith Cowan University & Royal Perth Hospital, Australia
    • ,
  • Lucia Gillman, RN, BN, Post Grad. Dip. Emergency Nursing

      Affiliations

    • Edith Cowan University & Royal Perth Hospital, Australia

Received 10 September 2006 ,Revised 29 April 2007 ,Accepted 23 May 2007.

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PII: S1574-6267(07)00075-4

doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2007.05.005

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 117-123 , August 2007

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